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Chapter 401 Military-Industrial Complex

Since ancient times, it has always been difficult to be the crown prince of the great emperor. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Wu of Han, and Guangwu of Han all deposed the crown prince. To be honest, Liu Chan himself was not completely unprepared for this.

To be honest, the word "The Emperor" is not worthy of describing being a son today. In terms of personal feelings, Liu Chan also clearly felt that his father likes other younger brothers and sisters more, especially his second brother Liu Rang and his third brother Liu Gui.

From childhood to adulthood, the second and third brothers, as long as they were not forced to rob a girl in the street, would almost do whatever they wanted. The father was even taking the time to make toys for them, and even, a year or two ago, he began to investigate the women's guards in the women's guards to see which one could be a genuine wife.

It can be said that he is extremely doting.

But I have never been hugged by my father since I can remember, saying that a gentleman holds his grandson but not his son.

Since I was a child, the second and third brothers could play hard, but I had to learn hard. I had to get up early in the morning to practice archery, horse riding and shooting. In the morning, Kong Rong, the great wizard of the Confucian Temple, gave him a lecture. In the afternoon, Xun Yu, who had nominally retired, explained the way of governance. In the evening study, he had to study mathematics, physics and chemistry for two more hours.

Childhood? Liu Chan's identity was so overwhelmed by the heavy study that he didn't even have time to play with women. He didn't know what childhood was.

So Liu Chan knew two things clearly: First, the father had high hopes for himself, and it was precisely because he regarded himself as the heir to this great empire that he had such high standards and strict requirements on himself.

Second, the father and emperor do not like him, or the relationship between the father and son is far greater than that between the father and son.

But it is no wonder that he felt extremely panicked when he was inexplicably pushed to the position of the state supervising state.

The father definitely didn’t have the idea of ​​changing the prince, but it was certain that he was dealt with, trained, and conspired with him.

"Why... why is Father... doing this?"

But Cao Cao and Liu Bei were silent for a moment, but they said at the same time: "I'm afraid it's for us."

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment: "For you...?"

My two grandfathers fought for a lifetime, and now they are involved in their own affairs, so they joined forces temporarily. Where did the word "me" come from?

But I heard Cao Cao say, "The so-called warriors have no great achievements. A hundred years later, although the posthumous title must have the word "wu" in his posthumous title, what Your Majesty admires the most is the idea of ​​fighting and planning. Now our Han Dynasty has thousands of miles of territory, and has countless colonies, but when we think about it carefully, we have not really fought a few battles."

Liu Bei also said: "It is true. Your Majesty's plan is like an antelope hanging on its horns, with no trace to be found. I still remember the way Your Majesty asked us to raise Tibetan mastiffs back then. It was clear that the enemy was invisible and did not use any soldiers. I heard that the snowy plateau is now rare. This long-term plan and ruthlessness are really chilling. Every time I think about it, I am very frightened."

Liu Chan felt a little slight, but he couldn't help asking: "I have also heard of the plans of the father and the gods. If you have a deep plan, I am naturally far inferior to my father and the emperor. But... what does this have to do with today's affairs? What does it have to do with the two grandfathers?"

Liu Bei sighed and said, "Some things, Chan'er, you may not have seen them very thoroughly. Just say that I and Mr. Wei have fought for a lifetime, and in the eyes of many outsiders, I have a completely life-and-death relationship with him."

Liu Chan swallowed and spitted when he heard this.

Swallowed the words "Isn't that the case?" back into your stomach.

Cao Cao continued: "It has been almost twenty years in a flash. The so-called fight without breaking is what it means. I am in such a high position. If I really have a life-and-death relationship, how could I fight for twenty years but still live all the time? How could there be no third person who can slightly threaten the status of both of us? To put it in political terms, there are the Shangshutai, Zhongshutai, and Tax Cabinet to deal with it, but in military affairs, I and Xuandegong are the military affairs themselves."

"So, you can rest assured. No matter how your Majesty can bake you this time, as long as you have not done something to rebel and rebel, with us here, your position as the crown prince will be as stable as Mount Tai."

After all, he was a newly grown child. Liu Chan opened his mouth wide when he heard this, but was quite shocked.

If my two grandfathers have not been really fighting for twenty years, but just like a solid and false fighting, then wouldn’t this military and political situation be extremely terrifying?

If the two grandfathers' struggle over the past twenty years is really just a clever double act, and the huge 800,000 Han army is one, wouldn't the imperial power be very dangerous?

But who is my father? How can I hide my father from his two acts in the past twenty years?

As if you know Liu Chan’s thoughts, Liu Bei pointed out: “You think too much, and the fight between us does not mean that it is a solid piece of stone. Your Majesty is naturally even more aware of the relationship between us. Although Your Majesty has rarely managed politics for fifteen years, I really don’t believe that there is anything that can be hidden in this world.”

"Besides, with the current prestige of the emperor, any conspiracy will be difficult to damage him at all. If there is really someone in this world rebellion and it will be successful, as long as His Majesty himself does not die, even if he appears alone in any place in my Han territory, he just needs to raise his arms and shout, and in an instant, millions of heroes will follow him loyally, and the restoration of the country will only last more than a month."

"To be precise, we are indeed a political enemy. It is not fake to fight for twenty years. It is just that we have common interests and bottom lines while fighting. We can't just live to the death."

"The common interests of both of you are..."

"Chan'er, do you know what I proposed for the 800,000 platoon armor in the court? Does my great man really need these 800,000 pairs of plate armor?"

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment and said, "After Anxi and Rome are still great enemies. Besides, the Sun Wu navy in the south is strong, so we cannot cross the Yangtze River. Don't you also suggest that you must fight from the west to the inevitable, and then fight from the south to Jiaozhou to compete with Sun Ce on land? In this way, my Han Dynasty faces this unprecedented expedition, so we naturally need to renovate our troops and establish an invincible place."

"Even if it is such an expedition, it is just a little far away. It's just a small country and a worm. The emperor is just benevolence and unwilling to fight. Can we have any problems with the current military strength of our great man?"

"If you take a step back, can the Yangtze River really not be crossed? Not to mention that it is 800,000 plate armor, you only need to make 80,000 heavy crossbows and stand north of the river. Can you not shoot the other side? No matter how strong Sun Ce's navy is, it is just a dragon swimming in shallow water when it reaches the river."

Liu Chan was shocked: "In this way, wouldn't these so-called 800,000 plate armor become useless?"

"It's just useless."

"Why...why..."

"Yecheng, Yuyang, Taiyuan, and the three steel capitals employ more than one million workers. Almost all of them are retired soldiers who have made contributions to the battlefield. If they don't make irons, what do they eat and drink? What is the use of millions of soldiers in the army without fighting? The captain, general, and general above, if they don't spend money to change their equipment, how should they speak out in the court?"

"A single move affects the whole body. Now, all the steel enterprises in our Han Dynasty, the three major steel cities, two million blacksmiths, military households, and officers have actually prospered and lost. The so-called 800,000 plate armor is useless, can we not build it? This is also the common interests of my and Xuandegong. The emperor has been dissatisfied with this for a long time, but he is afraid that even he can do nothing about it."

"So I said that the emperor asked you to reign with the country not necessarily to roast you, but to roast us."
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